Democracy, Inaction: On Sunday, Colombians narrowly rejected a peace deal that would have ended 52 years of war with the rebel group FARC, in a referendum that was decided by about 54,000 votes: 50.2 percent to 49.8. The deal had been expected to pass by a wide margin, and its future is now uncertain as rebels and government officials attempt to renegotiate terms for which there was no Plan B. Over in Hungary, 98 percent of voters supported rejecting the EU’s plan to resettle migrants in the country—but with only 43 percent turnout, the referendum was invalid. Meanwhile, in Britain, Prime Minister Theresa May announced that the two-year process of leaving the European Union will begin at the end of March.

Personal Tech: Just how helpful is an app that lets you tell friends and family you’re thinking of them with a single touch? It’s definitely convenient—but the absolutely minimal effort involved might make friendships feel all too transactional. Then again, tech is already ingrained in every aspect of our personal lives—to the point where there’s a real risk of companies abusing users’ trust, and not much regulation against it.

Evening Read

Most White House veterans agree: The only certain training for the Oval Office is on-the-job.

Hillary Clinton was “there” for eight years as first lady—meaning that if elected, she would take the oath of office with an unprecedented familiarity with the arcane and sometimes thorny levers of presidential power. This prior experience—described in confidential oral-history interviews recorded by the University of Virginia’s Miller Center—is as revealing as anything she might say in this year’s presidential debates about how she would function if elected herself. Indeed, much of what was on display by Hillary Clinton in the first debate—her detailed grasp of policy, her manifest preparation, and her willingness to go aggressively after her Republican opponent—are features of a well-established operating style that is detailed extensively in these oral histories.

Keep reading here, as Riley delves into the histories to show the decision-making process of the former First Lady, who “was recognized as a key source of discipline in a White House that often tended toward chaos.”

What Do You Know?

1. Two-thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in the state of ____________.

Reader Response

Something came to mind a few nights ago while I was watching the presidential debate: Is Trump a product of local TV news? I was struck and saw, for the first time, how disconnected the world that Donald Trump was describing seemed from reality in America—not just on the coasts, but everywhere. It got me thinking about his comments in the past regarding minority communities, crime, and social breakdown as a whole. Those don’t reflect the America you’d read in the mainstream media, hear on public radio, or see on network news broadcasts, but they do sound vaguely like one non-partisan news source that I’m familiar with: the local TV news.